It’s Time to Cancel the Rent It’s Time to Cancel the Rent
Democrats are pushing two proposals to help Americans cover rent payments. Neither gives tenants what they really need: more power.
May 29, 2020 / Tracy Rosenthal
Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue
What’s the matter with San Fran?… Unspoken rules… The source of our disagreement…
May 19, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers, Noam Chomsky, and Susie Linfield
Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
“Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.”
May 14, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, graduate student workers’ living conditions are now their working conditions—and more than ever, we need them to be safe.
Apr 6, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers
Solidarity Is an Essential Vaccine Solidarity Is an Essential Vaccine
Social distancing should not mean house arrest.
Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Mike Davis
California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air
The president has overturned a 50-year waiver that allows the state to set its own standards—but California, allied with other states, is fighting back.
Mar 16, 2020 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders’s Huge California Win Can’t Be Ignored Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders’s Huge California Win Can’t Be Ignored
The Vermont senator retains great power in the West, among Latinos, and in urban centers across the nation—and his key issues are now embedded in the Democratic Party.
Mar 4, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Is Bernie So Far Ahead in the California Primary? Organizing. Why Is Bernie So Far Ahead in the California Primary? Organizing.
His team has established a long-term presence in not only the big coastal cities but also small towns and communities in the Central Valley, the Inland Empire, and less media-visib...
Feb 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore
It’s time for a wildcat strike.
Feb 10, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers
Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy
Students at Stanford say that campus mental health care is nearly impossible to access—a problem students across the country are facing, too.
Feb 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona